About 800
Belgian cemeteries contain military graves of WW1 (1914-18) and/or WW2
(1939-45). The soldiers of some 20 different countries are generally buried in
military cemetaries, although some rest in civil cemeteries or in
churchyards.

This website contains pictures of each cemetery. You can SEARCH through the list
of cemeteries (see left part of the screen) using one of the following criteria:

- the name or location of the cemetery
- the nationality
of the soldiers buried in each cemetery
- the size
of the cemetary (in terms of the number of casualties)

Commonwealth forces
(UK, Australia, Canada, India, New Zealand, South Africa): Most British
and Commonwealth military graves and cemeteries stem from WW1 and are
located near the town of Ieper (Ypres), an area where fierce fighting
took place.

French soldiers:
most French military cemeteries are located in Wallonia (the southern
part of Belgium), where German troops crossed the border and invaded
Belgium in August 1914 on their way to France. which triggered the start
of the First World War (), when . The two largest French cemeteries are
however located in Flanders (the northern part of Belgium), near the
town of Ieper: the French ossuary on Mount Kemmel (5,400 burials, mostly
unidentified) and Saint-Charles de Potijze (3,500 war graves, mostly
identified).

German casualties:
About 134,000 German soldiers from WW1 are officially buried in Belgium,
with a further 90,000 missing. Over time, the smaller German war
cemeteries have been grouped and most German graves are now concentrated
in a few large German WW1 military cemetaries: Menen (almost 48,000
burials), Langemark (more than 44,000), Vladslo (25,600) and Hooglede
(8,000). Most WW2 military graves are located in Lommel (39,000
casualties) and Recogne (close to 7,000 burials).

American soldiers:
About 15,000 soldiers have been buried in Belgium, most of whom died in
the course of the Ardennes offensive (1944-45). All WW2 casualties are
buried in Henri-Chapelle and Neuville-en-Condroz. The 441 WW1 casualties
are buried in Waregem.

Other nationalities:
in total, soldiers from 20 different countries are buried in Belgium.